How a Disney song turned an Ohio reporter into an online sensation

A Cincinnati traffic reporter became a national sensation over the weekend after his on-air parody of the Oscar-nominated song ”Let it Go” from Disney's “Frozen” became an online hit.

WKRC's Bob Herzog put his plea for drivers to stay off the city's icy streets to music for the station's Friday morning broadcast. His version of the song called “Just Don't Go,” features Herzog dramatically crooning lines like: “I must share what dispatchers say, all the traction's gone. School's closed or at least they're on a delay” while images show cars skidding on icy roads.

Video of his performance has been widely shared on social media sites and media outlets nationwide since it aired. The video on Herzog's own YouTube account was just shy of 600,000 views as of Sunday evening.

Herzog said he got the idea from watching the movie with his daughter twice as well as countless YouTube viewings of the songs with her at home. He saw the perfect opportunity to change the words sung by Princess Elsa in the animated movie to a warning for viewers to stay indoors during dangerous winter weather.

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The parody is part of the station's “Dance Party Fridays” in which Herzog regularly parodies popular songs to reference local traffic news. Past covers include changing Elton John's “Rocket Man” to “Traffic Man” and Tom Petty's “Free Falling” to “Tree Falling,” as well as contemporary songs by Miley Cyrus and Lorde.

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